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STOVE HOOD.

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STOVE HOOD.

No. 506,205. Patented oct.. 1o, 1893.

UNITED STATE-s PATENT THEODOR A. CALL AND RUFUS A. CLARK, Old"LEWISTOWN, MONTANA.

STOVE-HOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,205, dated October10, 1893.

Application filed March 10, 1893. Serial No. 465.454. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, THEODORE A. CALL and RUFUS A. CLARK, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Lewistown, in the county of Fergus andState of Montana, have invented Y provide a hood that may be raised orlowered,

that is formed with ingress openings around the lower part of the same,whereby access may be had to the top of the stove or range while thehood is in position thereover.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the constructionandarrangement of the parts thereof as will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a range or stove,showing the preferred form of the device applied thereto and broken awayin parts to show the interior construction, and also showing the severalpositions of the device in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe hood, showing the same provided with doors that open outrests orsupports for the various cooking.

wardly from each other and swing in horizontal planes and shown asapplied over a stove. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing thedoors arranged to be raised and lowered in a vertical plane and servingas utensils. Fig. :L is a view similar to Figs. 2 and 3, showing thelower portion ofthe hood arranged as a vertically-sliding door and Ymounted in a frame supported from the uporstove, and. the `pipe 4;' willin like manner per part of the said hood.v Fig. 5 is a section on theline .fr-x, Fig. 1. A

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral Iigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a smoke-pipe, thatrises from a stove or range 2, and has mounted therein an elbow 3, towhich is secured a horizontallydisposed pipe 4, held in rigid positionby a brace 5 connected thereto and to the said smoke-pipe. It will be..understood that the smoke-pipe will be provided with the usual damper6` to regulate the draft of the range be provided with a damper 7, toshut oft' communication with the smoke-pipe l at any time that maybefound desirable and necessary, and especially at such time when the hoodis not in use. A spring-catch 8 is secured to the upper part of the pipeL1, and

within the said pipe 4 is rotatably mounted a short horizontal member 9,of an elbow 10, that has also a depending vertical member 11. The member9 of the elbow 10 is formed or provided with a ange or ring 12, thatforms a stop to abut against the vend of vthe pipe 4, and has thereinrecesses or slots 13 that are diametrically opposed and with which thecatch 8 engages either to hold the hood downwardly in proper positionwhen in use, or in elevated position when not in use, as fully shown bythel dotted lines.

' The lower part'of the depending vertical member 11 of the elbow 10 isprovided with an engaging loop or keeper 14, and this member 11 istelescopically engaged by a verticallydisposed pipe 15, that fitsthereinto and rises centrally from a frusto-pyramidal-shaped hood 16.This hood 16 has secured to the upper part of one. side thereof aserrated or notched catch 17, with the shoulders of the notches orserrations overhanging each other to engage the loop or keeper 14,through which the said catch passes. By this means the hood 16 can beelevated and sustained in its elevation or lowered when desired, all ofwhich will be controlled by the will of the.

operator. Thus far the construction in each of the several forms of thedevice shown is similar, and the change in construction in the severalforms resides in the position and manner of opening or gaining access tothe hood, while it is in position over the stove or range.

As shown in Fig. l, a series of doors 18 have their upper edgesconnected to the lower edges of the hood 16, by hinges 19, andjthesedoors 18 extend thel entire length of each lower edge of the hood andopen upwardly. Springcatches 2O are secured toa part of the doors at theends of the same to engage the remain- 'ing doors and hold the latter,as well as the doors carrying said catches, in closed position againstaccidental opening. These catches are angular in shape and are securedalter- Ynately to the side edges of the doors, or to one side edge ofeach door (being the corre- IOO spending edges of the same) to standatright angles, respectively, to the frames of the doors, whereby whenclosed each door is locked at one edge by the catch carried by the doorwhich joins it at that edge. In this way each door carries the lock forthe adjacent door on one side and is locked by the adjacent door on theother side. Secured to the central lower part of each side of the hood16 is a spring arm or catch 21, that engages a loop 22, secured to theupper part of each'door 18, at the center thereof to hold the door inelevated position when so desired, and thereby permit free access to thetop of the stove or range to manipulate the cooking utensils thereon.The lower part of each door 1s provided with a handle 23, to form a gripfor raising theisame, that is located between two holes 24, formed ineach door for the purpose of allowing a spider handle or other`progecting part of a cooking utensil to extend therethrough, and alsotoserve as a means of giving draft -to the interior lower part of thehood, each of said openings 2l being supplied with a hinged drop door orcover 25, that engagesla shoulderedkeeper 26 at the bottom part of eachhole to hold the sanne inpositlon `when closed.

`In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the hood 16 is provided with adepending vertical frame 27, and each side of the-same lis-supplied.with a pair of hinged doors 28, that open outwardly from each other ina`horizontal "plane and are supplied with knobs'29, and at the bottom ofthe frame 27, in proper position to engagev the inner ends of the doorswhen the latter are closed, is a pair of catches 30. In this instancethe doorsare formed with the holes 24 that are supplied `with thedropdoors or covers 25 in a manner similar to that heretofore set forth.

V edges and open downwardly, said doors being supplied with handles 32at the upper part of the same, and the frame 27, adjacent to theupperpart of the corners thereof, has thereon catches 33 to hold thedoors in closed position. The lower central part of each door has abrace or bracket arm 34 attached thereto in such a position thatthelower end thereof stands away from each door, and when the latterislowered the inner free end of the brace or bracket arm-as thenpositioned bears against thelower part of the frame 27 and forms a`support for the door to which it is attached,

and converts the same into a shelf upon which In this instance-,thedoors are hinged adjacent to the corners-of; the depending' frame 27,and the opening inl the cooking utensils may be placed as a rest for thesame,as fully shown. This construction is very convenient in that itprovides shelves for the support of the cooking utensils which will befound useful for many purposes.

In Fig. 4 the hood 16 has corner posts 35 attached thereto by braces 36,and that eX- tend above and below the lower edges of said hood andformed as guides, being connected at their upper ends by braces 37, thathold the same against spreading or distortion. Within the said cornerposts 35 are mounted vertically-sliding ldoors 3S, that have the lowerparts of the same formed with the holes 24, provided with the covers 25,that engage keepers 26, similarly-to the constructionheretoforesetforthbutwith-` the `variation in this instance that the keepers 26 arelocated at inner opposing.N sides of the l holes24, therebynecessitating thefopeningof the covers-outwardly and providinginnerstops through the arrangement of the-said keepers.

A handle 39 is located in the `central part of each of the sliding doors38 for the purpose of conveniently raising and lowering the latter, andadjacent tothe lower part of said handleis the inner looped en d- 4l),ofa sliding rod or catch 4l, that is spring-actuatedfand horizontallydispese'dmnd whose outer end is arrangedV tolengageaseriesof-'notches orserrations42 in the adjacentV post 55,-` to thereby hold the door'38` atvaryingelevations, and also serve to hold the door down in litsclosedposition. l `By locating the innerlooped -end 10, of the catch 4l, closeto thehandlei), the said catch maybesi-multaneously'operated to-releasethe-'same with the eiorttorraise the door.

In the elevation'ofl tfherhoodI and `itsattachments in theseveral'forrns setg'forthythe same operation ensues in each-instance,andthe hood 16 is similarly connected inrall the forms,

las the construction of the jaws orslidesidoes not in any man-nerinterfere witha'theadjust- `ment offthehood.

The advantage of theformof device-heretofore-set fortlrinjproviding aconvenience in carrying off the `odors frornthe cookingrrnater-ials isV*enhanced in this instance Y.by the fact that the heat from the top ofthe-stove may be in like-manner conveyed tothe stovepipe and allowed toescape, and will `be-readily appreciated by thoseskilled-intl1e:culinary art. `Man y other ad'vantagesandconvenienceswill present themselves to those using the device in its severalformarandit is obviously apparent that -`changesrin the form,proportion,tand the rminor "details of construction may beresortedtofwithoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

Having described the invention, what-is claimed'as'newdsl. Thecombinationwith afiixedchorizontal pipe connected toandcommunicatinguvith a smoke pipe, of an elbow having a horizontal IOOIto

arm loosely fitted within said horizontal'pipe and provided with a angeor ring l2 having recesses or slots 13, arranged upon opposite sides ofthe arm, a spring catch fixed to the horizontal pipe to engage either ofsaid recesses or slots, a vertical pipe telescopically fitted in theother arm ofY the elbow, means for adjusting the extension of saidvertical pipe and locking the same at any desired ex-A tension, and ahood fixed to the free end of the vertical pipe and adapted to belowered to bear at its lower edges upon the surface of the stove,substantially as specified.

2. In a stove hood, the combination of a hood proper, doors hinged tothe lower edge thereof and arranged to open upwardly and provided withloops, and spring-arms attached to said hood proper to engage said loopsto hold said doors in elevated position, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a tubular support communicating with a stovepipeand having a vertical portion, of a hood provided with the pipe which istelescopically fitted inthe vertical portion of the tubular support, aserrated or notched catch rising vertically from the hood parallel withthe pipe connected to said hood and outside of the vertical portion ofthe tubular support, and a loop or keeper carried by the tubular supportand engaging the serrations or notches of the catch,'sub stantially asspecified.

4. The combination witha tubular support connected to 'a stovepipe, of ahood provided wi th a pipe fitting telescopically in said tubu-l larsupport, and a locking device comprising a serrated catch and anengaging loop carried, respectively, by the hood and the tubularsupport, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a tubular support connected to a stovepipe, ofa'frusto-pyramidal hood connected to the tubular support, doors hingedto the base edges of said hood and adapted to depend verticallytherefrom to form a rectangular inclosure, and catches to engage andmaintain said doors in their pendent positions, substantially asspecified.

6. The combination with a tubular support connected to a stovepipe, ofa.frustopyrami dal hood connected to the tubular support, normallypendent perforated doors hinged' to the base edges'of said hood, meansto lock said doors in their'pendentand elevated positions, and dropdoors or covers 'carried by the doors and arranged to close theperforations therein, substantially as specified.

In testimony that We claim the' foregoing as our own we have heretoatiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE A. CALL. RUFUS A. CLARK.

Witnesses:`

f G. M. STAFFORD,

W. H. RIcKs.

